Patient’s Story of Recovering from Accidental Overdose with Help of Cannabis Brandy (not her real name) is a 30-year-old woman who will tell you that she once had the world at her feet. Always an overachiever, she had been working in her career as a marketing manager in a large advertising firm for about five years following her magna cum laude finish from a local university. Everything was going remarkably well for her until she veered her car at high speed into oncoming tra

Start low and go slow. It’s a phrase that’s thrown around in the cannabis space like a Nerf ball at recess, but what does it really mean? And do cannabis consumers understand it? Let’s explore the answers to these questions and get down to the basics that encompass the concept of microdosing — another term often heard and misunderstood in not only the cannabis space, but also our culture. Ask any cannabis user when they began to use cannabis and the answer from most people wi

For nearly twenty years, Marissa Fratoni has helped people walk their own healing paths while accounting for each individual’s own needs as a whole human. She is a holistic nurse and multi-disciplined health practitioner specializing in women’s health and behavioral health, further specializing in substance abuse and addiction. Marissa is well-versed in complementary and alternative healing modalities including primary, patient-focused nursing, massage therapy, yoga and mindf